Orc Rp Reforms

[_pok_ 1768]

Blundemore, you know the main reason people complain about about the Blah? They're just too lazy to look at the sentence for a minute. People like you and others have built this 'learning wall' yourself. Here's a simple sentence I made that illustrates just how easy the Blah really is.

"Led mi tayke lat koat."

Most of the time, that 'D' instead of a 'T' or that 'I' instead of the 'E will intimidate people and for some reason putting a 'y' in the middle of 'take' absolutely makes people go insane, even though it doesn't at all change the way it sounds if you read it aloud. After being with the Orcs for a day or two, most players will pick up the language and even tell us how easy it really is.

Most people take one look at that and say "F*** that, that's way too hard to read." When really, all they have to do is sound it out. One thing I do to help me with the blah, because at times even I don't understand it, is read it out loud. Nine times out of ten, you will know exactly what it says from reading that. Words like "Lat" and "Bub'ozh" and "Nub'ozh" are obviously not as easy, however using context clues it is fairly simple to assume what each word means.

Now, if you're really having trouble with the language and your an Orc, simply ask one of the elder Orcs what they mean, or stop the Orc and say 'hey, what did that mean?' It's not like we're speaking Mori.

Another thing, this isn't stubbornness, its our culture and our language. This would be like going to France and demanding that they stop speaking French.

[Merkaken 516]

Ok forget I said anything! Ugh, I didn't mean for this to happen -_-

[VonAulus 2082]

It is not your fault Soresan, thanks for your input. This is not the first time Bludermore has preached against our language.

[ski_king3 0]

So I guess I have a few thoughts about the orcs which I think you guys could do to garner more followers. I have no idea if they've been said before, as I am not going to read all 14 pages. Sorry.

 

First of all, I think you guys should show some leniency in allowing other races into the Uzg. Now I am definitely not saying you guys should let everyone in and be happy and friendly and give hugglez to everyone; obviously, the orcs are a cruel, violent race. However, I think that there is a reasonable middle ground. Perhaps you guys could allow the people of allied nations into your city. Of course, it would be a very limited grant for entry, and if the guests did anything that the orcs would not like, it would be expected that there would be severe repercussions. The reason I think this should be done is simply that I think the orcs who have better roleplay are the ones who leave your settlement less frequently, so I think it would make orc RP seem more appealing.

 

Also, I think the orcs should have a greater focus on the cultural aspects of orcs, and less on the violent, bloodthirsty one. When I first joined the server, I seriously considered making an orc character. This was because the wiki portrayed the race as having a greater focus on worshiping the ancestors, looking up to shaman, telling stories around the campfire. A very mellow, respectful side to double the violent, bloodthirsty nature of the orcs. However, I have heard and seen little of the former. Again, perhaps that is because of the inability for non-orcs to travel to the orc settlement, but I really do think that this side of orc life should be predominant over the violence and bloodlust.

 

My last point is that the way people play orcs, it seems that they have to be stupid, angry and somewhat homogeneous. I think that a lot of us feel like it would be pretty boring to roleplay with a dozen other people whose characters seem exactly the same as yours. I think this is a major turnoff. I feel that if there was more lenience on players deviating from the norm when crafting orc characters, without feeling the risk of being expelled from the Uzg and branded a whitewash, I think the orcs would be far more popular. A certain level of progressiveness will be needed to get more orc players, especially if you want them to come with more interesting roleplay, so I that minor changes to what is acceptable in orc culture could potentially have massive yields. Otherwise, you'll continue to attract the people who merely enjoy the killing and arbitrary cruelty, rather than the entire package of being an orc.

 

All I can think of at the moment.

[Merkaken 516]

Would the proper term for saying "I am Ghaash" in the Blah be "Mi" or "I"? I would just prefer not to sound stupid.

[VonAulus 2082]

Mi em Ghaash

[Cyndikate 2303]

Blundermore, I haven't been an Orc that long and I don't find the Orcish language hard. If anything, I find dwarves harder to understand.

Yes, the blah is intimidating to new players. All we have to do as Orcs is persuade new players that the Blah isn't as bad as it seems. In fact, it might take two or three days of practice to be decent at the Blah.

If a player is playing an Orc and has difficulty understanding what the Orc is saying, he can always ask the player OOCly what his Orc said. It's not metagaming because you have to assume the orc understands the blah anyway.

Expect a guide on The Blah soon

[The Cleaning Crew 571]

Blundermore, I haven't been an Orc that long and I don't find the Orcish language hard. If anything, I find dwarves harder to understand.

This. I find it harder to understand a lot of those other accents. Scottish, for example. They replace entire words with one letter and you're complaining about the Blah, Blundermore?

[Mish_ 101]

More of Interaction as I have just started Orc rp and have never seen an orc yet in the Orc Island

[Jarkarll 314]

Moved to the Great Library. It shall be sorted into appropriate category shortly.